text: Robert Frost's Nothing Gold Can Stay: Poem Meaning & Analysis ...  This lesson will explore the meaning of Robert Frost's well-known 1923 poem ... Nature's first green is gold, ... The first green of spring is her hardest hue to hold; So Eden sank to grief; and So dawn goes down to day ... of the poem is that it is very short, with a strong rhythm and rhyme pattern. ... They're two different colors!